President Tinubu’s Committee On Subsidy Removal Gives Update

The Chairman of the Palliative Committee on Subsidy Removal and the Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris assured Nigerians that measures are being taken to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal.

President Tinubu had put the committee in place following the removal of the subsidy.

The pledge came during a committee meeting held in Abuja on Saturday. Details of the meeting were shared by Ahmed Idris, the spokesperson for the governor.

The meeting saw the attendance of Governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Charles Soludo of Anambra, Uba Sani of Kaduna and Hyacindu Alia of Benue. Representatives from the Organised Labour and Civil Society Organisations were also present.

Chairman of the committee, Idris expressed optimism about the committee’s efforts, promising that Nigerians would soon have a reason to smile as the committee worked diligently to ease the current hardships.

The Kebbi governor said, “The committee sat and deliberated on possible ways to cushion the effects of subsidy removal and very soon Nigerians will start reaping the benefits of this.

“We are determined to come up with a good and suitable outcome that will benefit Nigerians, therefore, be rest assured that the committee is up to the task.

“All we need is patience, support and cooperation from all Nigerians to enable us to achieve the set goals and objectives of establishing the committee by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

Recall that the federal government and the leadership of the NLC and the TUC on the 19th of June agreed that all the issues and demands related to palliatives should be concluded within eight weeks.